Osee Propheta 12

1 Ephraim pascit ventum et sequitur aestum tota die mendacium et vastitatem multiplicat et foedus cum Assyriis iniit et oleum in Aegyptum ferebat

Ephraim is enjoying wind, And is pursuing an east wind, All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth, And a covenant with Asshur they make, And oil to Egypt is carried.

2 iudicium ergo Domini cum Iuda et visitatio super Iacob iuxta vias eius et iuxta adinventiones eius reddet ei

And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah, To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways, According to his doings He returneth to him.

3 in utero subplantavit fratrem suum et in fortitudine sua directus est cum angelo

In the womb he took his brother by the heel, And by his strength he was a prince with God,

4 et invaluit ad angelum et confortatus est flevit et rogavit eum in Bethel invenit eum et ibi locutus est nobiscum

Yea, he is a prince unto the Messenger, And he overcometh [by] weeping, And he maketh supplication to Him, At Bethel He doth find him, And there He doth speak with us,

5 et Dominus Deus exercituum Dominus memoriale eius

Even Jehovah, God of the Hosts, Jehovah [is] His memorial.

6 et tu ad Deum tuum converteris misericordiam et iudicium custodi et spera in Deo tuo semper

And thou, through thy God, dost turn, Kindness and judgment keep thou, And wait on thy God continually.

7 Chanaan in manu eius statera dolosa calumniam dilexit

Canaan! in his hand [are] balances of deceit! To oppress he hath loved.

8 et dixit Ephraim verumtamen dives effectus sum inveni idolum mihi omnes labores mei non invenient mihi iniquitatem quam peccavi

And Ephraim saith: 'Surely I have become rich, I have found wealth for myself, All my labours — they find not against me iniquity that [is] sin.'

9 et ego Dominus Deus tuus ex terra Aegypti adhuc sedere te faciam in tabernaculis sicut in diebus festivitatis

And I — Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, Again do I turn thee back into tents, As in the days of the appointed time.

10 et locutus sum super prophetas et ego visionem multiplicavi et in manu prophetarum adsimilatus sum

And I have spoken unto the prophets, And I have multiplied vision, And by the hand of the prophets I use similes.

11 si Galaad idolum tamen frustra erant in Galgal bubus immolantes nam et altaria eorum quasi acervi super sulcos agri

Surely Gilead [is] iniquity, Only, vanity they have been, In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed, Also their altars [are] as heaps, on the furrows of a field.

12 fugit Iacob in regionem Syriae et servivit Israhel in uxore et in uxore servavit

And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram, And Israel doth serve for a wife, Yea, for a wife he hath kept watch.

13 in propheta autem eduxit Dominus Israhel de Aegypto et in propheta servatus est

And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt, And by a prophet it hath been watched.

14 ad iracundiam me provocavit Ephraim in amaritudinibus suis et sanguis eius super eum veniet et obprobrium eius restituet ei Dominus suus

Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly, And his blood on himself he leaveth, And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord!